IT Manager Jobs in Birmingham

IT Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Manager salary in Birmingham is £53,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 93 105
Rank change year-on-year +31 +12 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Manager 91 43 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.30% 2.21% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.50% 2.37% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 78 39 73
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,700 £37,009
25th Percentile £36,563 £43,393 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,750 £70,000
West Midlands median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,601 1,816 2,968
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 93.37% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,116 1,386 2,275
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,997 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured IT Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Manager in Birmingham.

Salary trend for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Manager in Birmingham

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, IT Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 38 (41.76%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (36.26%) ITIL
4 28 (30.77%) Finance
5 25 (27.47%) Service Delivery
6 23 (25.27%) Microsoft
7 21 (23.08%) SharePoint
7 21 (23.08%) Agile
7 21 (23.08%) Data Governance
7 21 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (23.08%) Line Management
8 18 (19.78%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Excel
10 16 (17.58%) Intranet
10 16 (17.58%) Sophos
10 16 (17.58%) Information Governance
10 16 (17.58%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (17.58%) Power BI
10 16 (17.58%) Power Platform
10 16 (17.58%) GDPR
10 16 (17.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (17.58%) IT Strategy
10 16 (17.58%) Digital Strategy
11 14 (15.38%) ITSM
12 13 (14.29%) Project Management
12 13 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
13 12 (13.19%) Waterfall
13 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (12.09%) Service Management

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (17.58%) Power Platform
3 6 (6.59%) Azure
4 5 (5.49%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.40%) AWS
5 4 (4.40%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.58%) Intranet
2 8 (8.79%) Firewall
3 6 (6.59%) Network Security
4 4 (4.40%) DHCP
4 4 (4.40%) DNS
4 4 (4.40%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (4.40%) iSCSI
4 4 (4.40%) SD-WAN
4 4 (4.40%) SNMP
4 4 (4.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.58%) Power BI
2 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
General
1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 28 (30.77%) Finance
3 13 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.59%) Retail
5 5 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.49%) Legal
5 5 (5.49%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Electronics
9 1 (1.10%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) .NET
1 4 (4.40%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.10%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.40%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.10%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.40%) VMS
1 4 (4.40%) Windows
1 4 (4.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (41.76%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (36.26%) ITIL
3 25 (27.47%) Service Delivery
4 21 (23.08%) Agile
4 21 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 21 (23.08%) Line Management
5 18 (19.78%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (17.58%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (17.58%) Digital Strategy
7 16 (17.58%) Information Governance
7 16 (17.58%) IT Strategy
8 14 (15.38%) ITSM
9 13 (14.29%) Project Management
10 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (13.19%) Waterfall
11 11 (12.09%) Project Delivery
11 11 (12.09%) Service Management
12 10 (10.99%) PRINCE2
13 8 (8.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 7 (7.69%) Degree
3 4 (4.40%) Azure Certification
3 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.10%) APMP
4 1 (1.10%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.58%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (17.58%) GDPR
2 7 (7.69%) SLA
3 5 (5.49%) Accessibility
3 5 (5.49%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.40%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.40%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.40%) pfSense
2 4 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.58%) Sophos
3 5 (5.49%) CheckPoint
4 4 (4.40%) BroadSoft
4 4 (4.40%) Brocade
4 4 (4.40%) Cisco
4 4 (4.40%) Dell
4 4 (4.40%) Dell Compellent
4 4 (4.40%) Fortinet
4 4 (4.40%) QNAP
4 4 (4.40%) SAP
4 4 (4.40%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (4.40%) Veeam
4 4 (4.40%) VMware
4 4 (4.40%) Zerto
5 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.10%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.10%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.10%) Zscaler